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ERIC Number: ED153039
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: 42
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Noncredit Activities in Institutions of Higher Education for the Year Ending June 30, 1976.
Kemp, Florence B.
Statistical information was compiled regarding non-credit adult and continuing education activities of U.S. colleges and universities during the year ending June 30, 1976. A national sample of 479 schools selected from among 3,012 public and private institutions was surveyed. Based on the responses of all but one school, the results include the following: (1) adult and continuing education activities were offered by 2,225 colleges and universities during 1975-76 which represented a 102% increase from 1967-68, (2) two-year colleges constituted 44.6% of the total institutions offering adult and continuing education in 1975-76 and accounted for 47.3% of the total registrations, (3) registrations in adult and continuing education activities offered by colleges and universities in 1975-76 totalled 8.8 million which was a 56.5% increase from 1967-68, (4) public institutions reported 89.1% of the registrations in 1975-76, (5) the largest numbers of registrations were reported for courses in business and management, education, health professions, and fine and applied arts, and (6) the Continuing Education Unit was used in 1975-76 to record the extent of adult and continuing education activities by 798 of 2,225 institutions offering such activities. (This report contains ten tables of data. The survey form and instructions, including definitions, are appended.) (EM)
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20434 (Stock Number 017-080-01841-1)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Educational Statistics (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Location: United States
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